Monthly Archives: February 2016

After the delights of enormous brass libraries and ensembles, providing broad brush stroke approaches to writing, which have characterised recent film, gaming and TV music to some extent, Spitfire are at last proud to present some of the greatest brass players in the world to provide you with the tools you need to write detailed and focussed orchestral… Read More »

If you like the Labs “Soft Piano”, you’re going to love this hand-crafted German piano played with the ‘Celeste’ pedal engaged by a living jazz legend and Mercury Music Prize nominee. There’s just something about that practice pedal. It draws you up to the very inner workings of the piano itself, quiet and difficult to play, but for… Read More »

Andy’s Kit Bag is an introduction to the marvelous world of Andy and his amazing collection of ethnic flutes and other woodwinds. 5 new deep sampled esoteric instruments IN ONE PACK. Recorded “The Spitfire Way” in our new facility in King’s Cross central London, with mixable selection of the finest valve, ribbon and perspective mics, via world-class Neve… Read More »

Engineered by Toby Warren at Air-Edel Studios, a classic and infamous studio in central London used by an extraordinary mix of people from Nick Cave (Proposition) to Beyonce, to Tinie Tempah. Spitfire has recorded a pristinely maintained Glockenspiel deeply with a number of beaters, techniques and from a number of perspectives. With the recent folk renaissance, the glock… Read More »

Albion is the newest orchestral brainchild from Spitfire Audio, headquartered in Great Britain. It follows the path of Symphobia 1, Hollywoodwinds, and Symphobia 2 by being a problem/solution orchestral module that does not compete directly with full fledged orchestral libraries from EastWest, SONiVOX, or the Vienna Symphonic Library. EPIC CINEMATIC TOOLS Made from a totally new set… Read More »

Recorded at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, one of the greatest scoring stages in the world and showcasing the extraordinary talent of legendary harpist Skaila Kanga, Spitfire Harp is a new benchmark in expressiveness and sound for commercially available orchestral instruments. The delicate sound blossoms beautifully in the Hall, and the loudest layers ring the walls of Lyndhurst with… Read More »

With this library, we tried to repeat the success of our free Charango, but with a slightly less esoteric tool. It will be useful not only for small guitar lines, but for grand orchestral parts where tools could subtly and harmoniously blend with the rest of the sounds and add shine.

CINEMATIC DETAIL & BEAUTY Following in the huge success of the thundering Albion I – Epic Cinematic Tools – Spitfire are delighted to announce Albion II – Loegria. Ablion II is designed as a stand-alone tool, and everything you would need to write beautiful and esoteric film scores out-of-the-box. We are excited to present an incredible Chamber sized… Read More »

A collection of virtuoso performers, playing soloistically in the Hall at Air Lyndhurst. This library is great for providing the soaring lines above the orchestra, cutting through, or for providing detail and extra humanity in your tracks by blending in with your other string libraries. The short articulations are incredibly punchy and tight, and the mic mixing… Read More »

ALBION 3 – APOCALYPTIC LOW END, CONSISTING OF THE LARGEST EVER CELLI, BASS, BRASS AND WOODWIND SECTIONS FOR A COMMERCIAL LIBRARY. AS WITH ALL ALBIONS IT DOESN’T STOP THERE, ICENI IS AN ATHOLOGY THAT CELEBRATES LOW END. IF HYBRID ORCHESTRAL IS YOUR THING, MIXING IT UP WITH DUBSTEP AND DRUM AND BASS, YOU NEED TO PUT THE KEYS… Read More »

Spitfire Audio Hans Zimmer HZ01 – London Ensembles Hans Zimmer Symphonic Percussion Library with Mixable Mic Perspectives Four percussion legends and long term collaborators with Hans play the definitive anthology of percussion instruments and styles developed over ten years of blockbuster score making. Volume 1 includes his classic selection of drum ensembles and key solo instruments: Low Booms,… Read More »